"I'm epileptic. I'm prone to seizures," the New Orleans-born rap artist told Felli Fel at Power 106. "This isn't my first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh seizures. I have a bunch of seizures. Y'all just never hear about them."

Lil Wayne said this particular instance "got real bad" because he suffered from three seizures in a row.

"On the third one my heart rate went down to like 30 percent. Basically, I could've died, so that is why it was so serious," he said.

Lil Wayne was working on a music video with fellow artist Nicki Minaj in Los Angeles at the time of his March hospitalization.

"The reason being for the seizures is just plain stress, no rest, overworking myself. That's just typical me, though," Lil Wayne said. "I have my people around me. They already know what to do. ... They already know how to handle it. Certain times I go to the doctor … I never had three back to back like that."

The interview with Power 106 was the first time the rapper admitted to having epilepsy despite records of previous seizures, which Lil Wayne's representatives have attributed to other causes such as dehydration.